Originally Posted by Gastrogt3

First post from a long-time lurker and new GT3 owner...

A great topic, coz it's so much about why I sweated bullets for months waiting on this car's arrival. I spent a day on the track in a GT3 last November; it was 40°C and my fastest lap of the day was my 40th and last, the 160th lap for the car between 4 drivers. Wow, what a chariot. Two days later I ordered my own. Now that I have it for myself, I love the sound and the feel of it, whether it's grumbling at me in heavy traffic or let loose on twisties. I drive it every day and while I've always loved my job, knowing the GT3 is waiting for me in the morning makes getting out of bed just that bit easier. While some suggest "why not a 911S" if it's not going to be pushed out to 9K, I've just migrated from a 911S, and this car just does everything better, not least looks and sounds, so I have a new respect for anybody who coddles this thing and keeps it gentle. What's wrong with sitting there with that inane smile, on packed city streets?

But ultimately, I would really struggle to justify a beast with this glorious potential, this astonishing capacity to be pushed, without tracking it. Maybe it's partly because with cage, LWBs, extinguisher, I've already committed myself, but for me, there really is no option. I just can't wait...

Originally Posted by aamersa

Here's the answer. Which 911 you should be in that is.

Originally Posted by kyrocks

I disagree. The slower and inexperienced run groups are more dangerous. In the experienced groups, people are usually predictable and the closing speeds aren't as bad as being in the lower run groups. You know what people are going to do and there usually is courteous driving with no one having to prove themselves. This is a generalization of course.

Originally Posted by rockitman

I agree about the need to track the car at least once...(you will do more..trust) When you go for the first handful of times you are in the beginning runs groups, which imo are safer than the advanced groups...cars are slower, you don't have multiple cars stuck to your *** like the advanced red groups and the track testosterone is at a much lower level with well run track day outfits...this all points to an enjoyable and safe track day for your car and you.

Originally Posted by kyrocks

I disagree. The slower and inexperienced run groups are more dangerous. In the experienced groups, people are usually predictable and the closing speeds aren't as bad as being in the lower run groups. You know what people are going to do and there usually is courteous driving with no one having to prove themselves. This is a generalization of course.

Originally Posted by rockitman

Depends on the track day outfit...ime when you first start out you have an instructor keeping the newby drivers in check...Unlike that corvette viral dude chasing the gt3

Ps: another factor is how many cars are there on the track in each run group. Advanced groups seem to have more cars, more chances for incidents.

Originally Posted by Need4S

+1. I tried to get out of the lower groups as fast as I could. We were all beginners once, but some of those guys were really scary.

Originally Posted by aamersa

Here's the answer. Which 911 you should be in that is.